In this interview with Abigail Richardson conducted by Soundstreams, Richardson is asked several questions relating to her music, compositional methods, influences and background. Richardson briefly relates how she supplements her income as a composer through teaching; running the New Creations Festival at the Toronto Symphony Orchestra; as well as acting as an artistic director with her husband at Chamber Music Hamilton. She describes how she is fairly conscious of time and sets aside days to strictly focus and work on her compositions. Richardson enjoys writing for opera and bringing the text to life through music as well as she loves writing for orchestra. She describes her musical style as strictly Canadian and that she was particularly influenced by Canadian composers especially while studying music at the University of Calgary for her undergraduate degree.